AFCA Endorses 10th Full-Time Coach, Condemns Collegiate Friday Night Football

By D.J. Byrnes on January 11, 2017 at 1:20 pm
Dabo Swinney and Urban Meyer before the Fiestaa Bowl.
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The American Football Coaches Association is holding its annual conference down in Charlotte, North Carolina, this week.

Tuesday night at its award ceremony, Urban Meyer promised Ohio State would "be better" in 2017.

Wednesday, the trade industry group issued a series of endorsements and condemnations.

The AFCA likes the idea of adding a 10th full-time assistant coach, an issue on which the NCAA will vote in April.

It does not, however, like Power 5 conferences expanding into Friday night broadcasts, as the Big Ten plans to do starting this fall:

Perhaps most interesting, however, is a proposition to change redshirt stipulations:

 Whether the NCAA adopts any of these proposals remains to be seen.

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